Bengal Wins GI registration for Rasagola war with Odisha ends
Ending controversy over the origin of Rasagola, West Bengal won the Geographical Indication (GI) registration. This marked years of bitter tug of war between Bengal and Odisha over the origin of the syrupy sweet.
West Bengal won on Tuesday a two-and-a-half-year-old bitter battle over Rasagola as the Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry announced that one of India’s signature sweets originated in the state and not Odisha.